Group plans to protest 'Dog Whisperer' Cesar Millan

4:48 AM,
Jan. 14, 2012

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Cesar Millan, the television celebrity dog trainer, teaches people how to be the leader of their canine "pack."

But when the famed "dog whisperer" makes an appearance at the Auditorium Theatre Sunday to share his views on dog behavior, he will be greeted by a small pack of protesters decrying his controversial dominance-based methods.

About a dozen dog trainers from western New York will distribute literature supported by the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior that advocates "force-free" training rather than that based in "dominance hierarchy theory," said organizer Ada ...